THis is something else I dont follow in the EM triumph, because benji is right: it oughtnt to matter, but it does. The points against him are that a: he hath a thpeech impediment, b: he looks very dark-skinned, almost Indian, (which most certainly shouldn't mean anything but sadly, in this country, it will at the polls ,) c: wouldn't have won the contest without the union vote, and d: has a brother with more political clout, credibility and experience than he does.
In short, the tabloids and satirists will make mincemeat of him, the anti-immigration crowd in the labour camp will hate him, (and dont ever think there arent plenty of them,) and everyone will believe, probably correctly, that he is in the pocket of the unions. I just cannot view him as electable.